Where a body corporate commits an offence under this Act or any regulations made under this Act, any person who, at the time of the commission of such offence, was a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of such body corporate or was purporting to act in any such capacity, or was in any manner or to any extent responsible for the management of any of the affairs of such body corporate, or was assisting in such management—
(a) may be charged severally or jointly in the same proceedings with the body corporate; and
(b) where the body corporate is found guilty of the offence, shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence unless, having regard to the nature of his functions in that capacity and to all circumstances, he proves—
(i) that the offence was committed without his knowledge, consent or connivance; and
(ii) that he took all reasonable precautions and had exercised due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence.
Malay text (authoritative)
Kesalahan oleh pertubuhan perbadanan
Jika suatu pertubuhan perbadanan melakukan kesalahan di bawah Akta ini atau mana-mana peraturan yang dibuat di bawah Akta ini, maka mana-mana orang yang, pada masa kesalahan itu dilakukan, ialah pengarah, pengurus, setiausaha atau pegawai serupa itu yang lain bagi pertubuhan perbadanan itu atau seseorang yang berupa sebagai bertindak atas mana-mana sifat sedemikian, atau mengikut apa-apa cara atau sehingga apa-apa takat bertanggungjawab bagi pengurusan apa-apa hal-ehwal pertubuhan perbadanan itu, atau membantu dalam pengurusan sedemikian—
(a) boleh dipertuduh secara berasingan atau bersesama dalam prosiding yang sama dengan pertubuhan perbadanan itu; dan
(b) jika pertubuhan perbadanan itu didapati bersalah atas kesalahan itu, hendaklah disifatkan telah melakukan kesalahan itu melainkan jika, dengan mengambil kira jenis fungsi-fungsinya atas sifat itu dan semua hal keadaan, dia membuktikan—
(i) bahawa kesalahan itu telah dilakukan tanpa pengetahuan, keizinan atau pembiarannya; dan
(ii) bahawa dia telah mengambil segala langkah berjagajaga yang munasabah dan menjalankan segala usaha yang sewajarnya untuk mengelakkan pelakuan kesalahan itu.
Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).
